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Re: Recent birds.. Tuesday 15/02/011
By: George Date: February 15, 2011, 9:50 am
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft ..
Despite this horrible weather we are having, I spent three hours
bird watching, and boy, was it fantastic to see the R.L.Buzzard
hunting was amazing ..
All my pics were far off. but to see it through my binos was
amazing..
Its been in the same location for about five weeks, I suppose
the Rabbit population won't be very happy with it ..
I'll show pics of it on two posts..
Rough Legged Buzzard ..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds .. 2nd post. [R.L.Buzzard]
By: George Date: February 15, 2011, 9:56 am
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2. nd. post ..
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Hope you enjoy them ..
george..
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Re: Recent birds. update..
By: George Date: February 16, 2011, 2:47 am
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Despite this horrible weather .. temp 3.2�C; humidity 91
pct; windspeed 35.6 kts E; Force 7; Gust 37.5 kts; pressure
1004.0 hpa; Rain 0.0 mm
Visibility is not very good .. but i'll go and see if the
R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft ..
If its still with us, then I think it will be resting out of the
wind, so I'll start by checking its favoured roost ..
Yesterday it was feeding, so it may not need to eat today ..
Also yesterday it was on its roosting post, but took up a lower
point on the roost, which ment that birders at their favoured
spotting position would'nt have seen it .. but where I was it
was visible .. I did'nt show pics of it on its roost, as it was
partly obscured ..
Later, i'll add to this post [ if I spot it ]
This is an update on the Rough Legged Buzzard.
Its still at Toft..
I took these pics at 1230 pm..
It was having a wee argument with some Hoodie crows..
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All these pics were taken about 500 feet from it, so, sorry for
the poor quality of them ..
george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Thursday 17th. Feb..
By: George Date: February 17, 2011, 2:27 pm
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft..
I promised my eldest son that I would show it to him..
Well, it did'nt disappoint us, it appeared at 1245 pm ... its
difficult to get close enough to get really good pics .. but I
tried .. I've got sixteen photos ready for here .. I'll have to
put them in two posts..
Then we left and photographed an Otter then a Heron then two
Ringed Plovers ..
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george..
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Re: Recent birds.. Post two ..
By: George Date: February 17, 2011, 3:19 pm
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Cont..
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On the power post. its roost is at the left hand side of the
post.
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I might show the photo of the Otter tomorrow ..
george..
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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: February 18, 2011, 4:31 am
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I can't decide whether to go bird watching .. or not ..
The weather is terrible, visability is so poor, and that wind is
a right pain .. and not forgetting the rain ..
Still, I might go, as you never know what you'll find .. thats
why I love birdwatching, its the unexpected bird you may stumble
on ..
Like yesterday The Rough Legged Buzzard was being mobbed by a
pair of Hoodie crows, so it dived down to the heather and
flushed a Red Grouse which flew low, up and over the ridge ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: February 18, 2011, 9:55 am
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft
Some of my pics are slightly nearer..
It came from the north today at the same time as yesterday [
1245 pm ]
It landed four times, the last landing was up in the moor ..
Pics ..
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george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Sunday 20/02/011
By: George Date: February 20, 2011, 3:04 pm
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft..
I seen it near the radar mast, after watching for three & a half
hours .. i was frozen ..
I then went to Toft pier looking for Otters, but none seen.
I then went back home calling in at Mossbank pier first.. thats
when I saw the Otter ..
Herring gulls,
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Curlew ..
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Then came the dog walkers .. near the R.L.Buzzards roost, so I
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Aye. thats you in this pic Jack.. lol ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Monday 21/02/011
By: George Date: February 21, 2011, 9:47 am
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft ..
Its been around for 48 days, from the first sighting ..
I waited two hours before I spotted it, it was flying very low
down, then it landed on the ridge on the heather, then it flew
off to the next valley ..
R.L.Buzzard ..
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My friends Tony and Beth missed it by half an hour..
It showed up at 1300 hours..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Tuesday 22/02/011
By: George Date: February 22, 2011, 8:59 am
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The Rough Legged Buzzard is still at Toft..
Day 49 and its still here, I wonder when it'll go back to
Scandinavia, plus the two on Unst ..
I went earlier today, and it appeared from the south, flying
north, I phoned my friends, Tony and Beth, they came about 12
noon and I was delighted that they seen it as well ..
Todays images were, as usual, far off again ..
Rough Legged Buzzard ..
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I'll check on it tomorrow ..
george ..
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